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3 weeks ago | 
thecity.nyc | Eliza Fawcett
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The impacts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ sweeping cuts to public health funding in New York state and New York City have started to come into focus, with wide-ranging consequences for disease surveillance and outbreak response, addiction recovery programs, and mental health services.
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4 weeks ago | 
thecity.nyc | Eliza Fawcett
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded hundreds of millions of dollars for public health work across New York City and New York state. The cuts are part of a larger decision by HHS to cancel more than $11.4 billion in CDC grants for local health departments and other recipients.
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1 month ago | 
healthbeat.org | Rebecca Grapevine |Jess Mador |Allen Siegler |Eliza Fawcett
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Potential cuts to HIV work at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have local and national experts worried that recent progress in cutting HIV rates will come to a halt. If enacted, the cuts could impact the $50 million in CDC funding for HIV work in Georgia, which had the second-highest rate of new cases in 2022, according to the CDC’s most recent data.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Becky Vevea |Erika Cohen |Kalyn Belsha |Eliza Fawcett
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Chicago’s new school board is considering an amendment to the school district’s that aims to address a short-term budget quagmire. The decision made by the 21-member, partially elected governing body could have long-term implications as Chicago Public Schools moves away from 30 years under mayoral control.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Kalyn Belsha |Eliza Fawcett |Aleksandra Appleton |Yesenia Robles
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Every school in Kentucky’s LaRue County provides free breakfast and lunch to any student who wants it. It’s been that way for a decade, ever since the federal government launched a program allowing LaRue County Schools, and thousands of other districts nationwide, to skip the paperwork asking how much families earn.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Eliza Fawcett |Aleksandra Appleton |Yesenia Robles |Samantha Smylie
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The New York State Department of Health has reported a case of measles in a Long Island child, the state’s first case confirmed outside of New York City this year. The Health Department announced the case on Tuesday, describing the patient as a Suffolk County resident under the age of 5. The child was unvaccinated, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Aleksandra Appleton |Kalyn Belsha |Eliza Fawcett
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. As Principal Mark House greeted students at the John F. Kennedy campus in the Bronx last month, a student staggered toward him, face covered in blood. Initially, House thought the 16-year-old had been in an accident and started escorting him to the on-site health clinic. But on the way there, the student collapsed. It turned out he had been stabbed.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Melanie Asmar |Aleksandra Appleton |Kalyn Belsha |Eliza Fawcett
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. No one knows how many Colorado students are shut inside rooms, alone, at school. But Riley Ellis-Beach knows that it happened to her son. He was a small kindergartener, barely 30 pounds, with big emotions and a diagnosis of autism.
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1 month ago | 
thecity.nyc | Eliza Fawcett
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. With measles cases on the rise in the United States, public health experts in New York are encouraging vaccination against the highly contagious virus. Measles spreads easily and can lead to serious complications, or death, among those who are unvaccinated.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Aleksandra Appleton |Melanie Asmar |Kalyn Belsha |Eliza Fawcett
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Indiana lawmakers could soon approve a big spending hike on students who attend virtual schools, giving them the same base funding as students who attend in-person classes.
